Cap Classic Boasts Top Talent

Ron Bailey, Publisher

April 10, 2008 - Outside of the McDonald’s All-American
game, the Capital
Classic arguably enjoys the greatest history of all the high school,
invitation only post season all star games. This year’s event, the
35th iteration, looks to uphold that stellar tradition Sunday, April 13th
at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center.

“The Capital Classic is a tradition filled event, as many of today’s
NBA stars have participated in previous years” noted Gene Brtalik,
Vice President of Public Relations for the event’s organizer, Corrigan
Sports Enterprises. “We expect this year’s game to again showcase
the future stars of the NVA and hopefully one day – Hall of Famers”.

Brtalik was referring to the likes of Magic Johnson,
Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, and
Adrian Dantley, all both Basketball Hall of Fame members
and Cap Classic alumni. Lending credence to his supposition are the 22
past participants that took part in NCAA Division I, post season hoops
this year alone, including three from National Champion Kansas (Sasha
Kaun, Russell Robinson, and Rodrick
Stewart).

The Hall of Fame is surely a tall order, but this year’s Capital
vs. National game roster is no doubt talent laden: From the D.C./Baltimore
corridor, the likes of Kris
Joseph (Syracuse), Jason Clark and Henry
Sims (Georgetown), Max
Kenyi (Harvard), Roscoe Davis (WVU), Sean
Thomas (Morgan State), andSean Mosley (Maryland) will all compete. When they
are added to Renaldo Woolridge (Tennessee), Sylvan
Landesburg (UVA), Andre
Young(Clemson) and others, there is no wonder great anticipation shadows
the headliner contest.

As usual, the Capital Classic offers two games to attendees, with the
first being a DC vs. Suburban affair, tantalizing in its own right, as
future college standouts for schools like Vermont (Garvey
Youngand Jordan
Clarke), North Carolina A&T (Marc
Hill), Tennessee-Chattanooga (Jasper Williams),
Quinnipiac (Harold
Washington), and Northeastern (Eric Etherly)
will all do battle. Additionally, talented, unsigned student-athletes
such as David
Diakite, Zach
Webb, Chase Smith, Austin Cooley,
Matt Graves and others will all suit up.

Outfitting the team, as title sponsor, will be Under Armour, a reality
Corrigan’s Brtalik believes “adds even more prestige to the
Capital Classic”.

Doors open at 1:30pm, with the DC/Suburban match up tipping at 2:30pm,
and the subsequent Capital/US tilt jumping off at 5:00pm. For those interested,
the event’s dunk
and three point shooting contests will occur tomorrow, Friday, April
11th, at 3:30pm; its site being Bishop O’Connell High School (Arlington,
VA).

While the dunk/shooting contest’s tickets can be purchased for
$5.00 at O’Connell’s door, entrance to the main event is available
through Ticket Master, and at the Comcast Center’s box office on
Sunday. For more information, click
here.

See you there. History will once again be in the making.

Be sure to check i95Ballerz.com and SportsGroove
TV for reports.

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